THE ARTISTIC PANEL
AGASTYA RAMA LISTYA earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta in 1992. His Master’s degree in choral studies was obtained from Luther Seminary and St. Olaf College in Minnesota, USA, in 2001. He studied composition with the late R.M.A.P. Suhastjarja, the late Slamet Abdul Syukur, Robert Walker, and Carolyn Jennings. He studied choral conducting under the mentorship of Ester Gunawan, I Gusti Ngurah Wiryawan Budhiana, Martin Behrmann, Robert Scholz, and Anton Armstrong. In 2018, Agastya completed his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. As an active composer and arranger, the majority of his choral works have been commissioned by professional and university choirs for competitions, festivals, and concerts. He has also served as the choral director of Satya Wacana University Student Choir (1993-2007), Satya Wacana Lentera Kasih Vocal Ensemble (1994-2011), Satya Wacana Vocal Consort (2011), and currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Lux Aeterna Vocal Ensemble (2015-present). Since November 2018, Agastya has been the Chair of the Department of Music at Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU).
AMBROŽ ČOPI is a distinguished Slovenian composer and conductor who studied composition at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana under Dane Škerl and Uroš Roko. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Young Musician Award (1995), the Prešeren Prize of the University of Ljubljana (1997), the Gallus Medal (2014), the Škerjanc Recognition (2016), the Prešeren Fund Prize (2016), the Kozin Prize for vocal composition (2024), and the Republic of Slovenia Prize for Education (2024). Čopi gained early experience in vocal music and conducting as an assistant to Stojan Kuret and later led renowned Slovenian choirs such as the Chamber Choir Nova Gorica and the Academic Choir of the University of Primorska, achieving significant success in national and international competitions. Notably, he was a finalist at the European Grand Prix in Choral Singing (2009) and has received multiple awards for his interpretations and conducting.
RONI SUGIARTO has been deeply involved in the field of choral music since 2001, when he joined the Student Choir of Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung. Roni has been trained in vocal technique and conducting by I.r. Avip Priatna, MA, and Joseph Kristanto. He has participated in vocal and conducting classes taught by Jonathan Velasco (Philippines), Julie Spitill (Australia), Marcus La Pratt (USA), and Martin Nagashima Toft (Denmark). He was given the opportunity to broaden his experience in choral conducting after being selected to represent his home country, Indonesia, in various international choral events, including the World Youth Choir in Milan ( 2006), South Africa (2007), Hong Kong (2008), and the Mulberry Chamber Choir Odawara in Japan (2013). Since 2016, Roni has served as the Artistic Director of the Satya Dharma Gita Choir, leading them to win three Gold Medals at the 8th International Choir Festival Isola del Sole in Italy. He has also judged various national choral competitions. Most notably, under his direction, The Saint Angela Choir (SAC) from Bandung won the World Choral Championship (WCC) 2024 in Rimini, Italy. This achievement reinforces his reputation as one of Indonesia’s top choral conductors, recognized for his excellence in performance and leadership.
HYONAH SONG studied choral conducting at the Korea National University of Arts and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating cum laude from both. She received the Dora Scholarship from the EU and later worked as an accompaniment instructor and choir coordinator at the Estonian Academy. She has collaborated with the Rapla Mixed Choir and Kolm Lindu Mixed Choir in Estonia, and as an assistant conductor, contributed to the opera Der Mond, which won the Artist of the Year Award (2022). In 2023, she won first and second place in both categories of the Aegis Carminis International Choral Conducting Competition in Slovenia, earning the Best Performer Award. That same year, she won the Korea Bucheon Civic Professional Choir Competition, debuting as a guest conductor. She has been an instructor at seminars by the Korean Choral Research Association (KCRA) and the Korean Choral Composers Association (KCCA) and has served as a judge at the Hangzhou Choral Symposium (China, 2024), the 9th Satya Dharma Gita Choral Festival (Indonesia, 2023), and the FPSS.JK Choral Competition (Jakarta, 2024). Currently, she is a faculty member in the Department of Conducting at Sangmyung University, Seoul, and in February 2025, she was appointed conductor of Musica Sacra, Korea’s only boys’ choir. Actively engaged as a conductor, she continues to contribute to the international choral music scene.